Pregnant After Plan B Stories: I Got Pregnant On Plan B
Studies have shown that Plan B is 95% effective if you take it within 24 hours and 89% effective within 72 hours. But it might be less effective if you are ovulating, or have unprotected sex after taking Plan B.
As many as 11% of U.S. women ages 15-44 who have ever had sexual intercourse have used a “morning after” pill like Plan B at least once, according to the first federal report on emergency contraception, that’s 5.8 million women — and half say they used it because they feared their birth control method may have failed. The rest say they had unprotected sex.
So it is not unusual to find women or couples looking for signs that Plan B worked especially when they are experiencing signs that Plan B didn’t work. This article is a collection of stories told by women who fell pregnant even after taking Plan B.
Brenda shared her story like this “I’ve used Plan B before and it always worked…. This time when I needed it most, it did not work for me. I am almost 3 weeks pregnant right now. I am disappointed because it’s bad timing. A baby is a miracle and I feel bad that I am in this predicament but I put myself here. I tried to believe it was the plan b that gave me my symptoms but it’s been a while since I got my period so I took a test and I am pregnant for sure. I can’t blame plan B because it isn’t 100% but damn lmao …. didn’t work this time. I recommend if you are late definitely take a pregnancy test… I had nausea, my boobs hurt, I puked once, I’m tired, I’m moody. Those are my symptoms”
Angela had this to say about her experience with Plan B “The sexual relations occurred that day. Plan b was taken 1st of November around 6pm. On the 1st of December, I got a positive pregnancy test. Plan B was not effective for me when taken during ovulation. If you are ovulating or near ovulation, it is best to reframe from sex, get on birth control, use condoms, or any other birth control measure that would result in not getting pregnant. Placing your future in the hands of a pharmaceutical product is absolutely silly.”
Jade wrote “DID NOT WORK FOR ME! The first time I had sex with my now husband was unprotected. I assumed he was going to pull out and he didn’t. I was ovulating around that time. I got him to rush to the nearest pharmacy to get me Plan B. Took one hoping it would work. I did lots of research online and was reassured that Plan B works and I will not end up pregnant. Weeks later, my boobs started to feel sore and I had slight cramps, thought my period is on its way. Two weeks later period still didn’t show up so I decided to take a pregnancy test. The test showed I was PREGNANT. So yeah Plan B doesn’t always work.”
Kelly, another disappointed patient had this to say “I took Plan B 12 hours after one encounter of unprotected sex. My partner pulled out. 3 weeks later positive pregnancy test. If you’re over 140 pounds this pill is even less effective. I also have PCOS so that’s telling that this absolutely unreliable.”
Tola recalls as follows “Had sex July 24th took plan b not even an hour afterward. I was later told if you weigh more than 155 it may not work. My period was supposed to come on Aug 6th. I guess that’s the truth about weight because it is Aug 7th and I have 2 positive pregnancy tests. I may have been ovulating or in the middle of ovulation at the time. I just had a baby 9 months ago. Be careful guys”
Rachel who kept a good record of her experience with the pill bared her mind like this “I had unprotected sex on November 28th around 12:30am. I woke up and took Plan B at 1:15 pm. I took a pregnancy test today, December 24th to find out I’m in fact pregnant. I couldn’t have taken the pill any quicker and I ended up pregnant. I mean, based off of my periods being extremely regular, I’m pretty sure I was ovulating/already ovulated when I had sex. Regardless, I guess I was in that 5% where it’s ineffective. I didn’t get any side effects, but I’m sure it’s because it didn’t work lol”
An unhappy married woman who said Plan B did not work for her wrote” “In a nutshell, March, I had a normal period; had intercourse with my husband around the end of March and took a Plan B the next morning. Within about 5 days I had another heavy period that lasted around 5 days. I figured this was due to the Plan B. A week later I took another Plan B around 10 hours after intercourse which caused me to have another 5 day long heavy period. This means in April I had what I thought was two heavy 5-6 day long periods. However, it is now the middle of May and I found out I am pregnant. According to my doctor I am around 7.5 weeks along which means I got pregnant during the first Plan B attempt. I don’t understand how I had three full length heavy periods but I am still pregnant??”
Kisha wants ladies to be careful she wrote “Let me just say… my boyfriend & I had unprotected sex on March 18 & he pulled out as well. That next morning, we immediately went & got a Plan B & I took it as soon as I got home. I had spotting about 5-6 days later for a few days & mild cramps. I had spotting again a week or two later for a few days & the mild cramps stayed for a few weeks. Now fast forward a few more weeks & I’m starting to get nauseated every single day feels like I’m peeing a lot, boobs growing literally so many symptoms. I was like there’s no way he literally pulled out & I took the pill but I took two pregnancy tests tonight & guess what… they’re both positive so be careful ladies.”
Helen describes her experience like this “It doesn’t work, this drug is a pharmaceutical scam to get money out of scared young women. Everyone who says it works likely would not have ended up pregnant whether they took the pill or not. There is a very small window of time where pregnancy can occur and when taken during that time, the pill will not work. My experience with it is this…unprotected sex, took Plan B 8 hours later, ovulated the day after that, got pregnant with twins, and miscarried both twins (one at 5 weeks one at 7 weeks). It’s impossible to say whether the miscarriage was caused by the pill but I think it was. I knew I was pregnant before I got a + pregnancy test but I also knew something was wrong from the beginning, it all felt different from my prior pregnancies.”
Generally, Plan B can fail to prevent pregnancy and your period may start a few days earlier or a few days later than expected. If it does not start within a week of when expected, you should visit your doctor for evaluation or take a pregnancy test.
If you have not started your period within 3 weeks from the date of using Plan B, you should visit your doctor for evaluation or take a pregnancy test if you feel pregnant sooner.
